You'll find a short instrument description, the photo gallery and console screens as well as specification and requirements.Though having full native tremulant implementation, the complete set can be loaded in an 8-GB system, with a few ranks disabled and single loop even in 4 GB!

The final set will include a 16-page booklet with a lot of historical organ and restoration information and historical photos.The set should be ready for ordering about end of May.

I just spent the better part of an afternoon listening to the samples of this spectacular instrument on the Contrabombarde site.

WOW! and that is an understatement. The clarity and sonority in my opinion is one of the best sample sets that I have heard. I may be in the minority of organists and enthusiasts because I always think that "less" is "more" and I do not seek huge instruments out although they are certainly fun and can be quite thrilling.

This instrument seems to have a very unique overall timbre that balances all voices with the natural room acoustics very well. The reed-to-flue ratio also seems perfect.

It looks like I'll have to save more scheckles so I can add this set to my collection!

This effect is usually too much overestimated. Only smaller tracker action organs may show a significant effect.Due to the pallet size of bigger organs, the effect is minimal and usually unpredictable.That means, there is no dependence in such a way, that pressing the key slowly implies, that you don't get an expressive chiff.I even have observed the contradictory effect sometimes!

Much more influence has the release velocity on the sound, especially in slower movements (and especially for cone valves!).Unfortunately I don't know any keyboard, which supports release velocity, although defined in the Midi standard.

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HMaier wrote:Unfortunately I don't know any keyboard, which supports release velocity, although defined in the Midi standard.

It is not keyboard that has to support this, but the midi encoder. For example: Fatar keyboards usually have two contacts for each key, so they are suitable for velocity sensitive encoders. It is then up to the encoder to scan both contacts instead of one only, and to do this for both the attack and the release instead of for the attack only. Indeed, many encoders only support velocity for the attack, not for the release. For the release they send a fixed velocity value.

However, the special Fatar encoders from Midi Boutique (http://www.midiboutique.com/products/pr ... d_id=12700) do support velocity for both the attack and the release. I know of several HW users who use these encoders, so their keyboards do indeed support release velocity. I think this group is growing rapidly.

I had the chance to play the Arlesheim sample set for more than two weeks and must say that I truly love it. The first demos I heard on Contrebombarde looked promising and I wasn't disappointed when I finally listen to it "live".